You might find this article interesting:-
https://sputniknews.com/science/201612071048249775-study-plants-learn-conscious-intelligence/
Also Cleve Backster: 2003 book:-
Primary Perception: Biocommunication with Plants, Living Foods and Human Cells and a book based on his work:- “The Secret Life of Plants” 1973
Everything is consciousness expressing itself in different forms for the purposes of creativity and experience.